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Time to say goodbye from all of us at bit-tech.net

November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Windows 7 SP1 beta announced

A public beta of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is due for release next month, says Microsoft.

June 8, 2010 | 12:04

Microsoft responds to Google's security concerns

Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc has issued a statement rubbishing Google's security concerns.

June 3, 2010 | 10:20

Google drops Windows from staff machines

Google has ordered its employees to run Mac OS or Linux, citing security concerns with Windows.

June 2, 2010 | 10:14

Samsung ships Wave with added malware

German units of Samsung's new Wave handset come with a nasty surprise: free malware.

June 2, 2010 | 10:10

New research unveils anti-virus bypass

Research by Matousec has unveiled a new attack which can bypass anti-virus packages.

May 10, 2010 | 10:30

Microsoft ends Itanium support

Microsoft has announced that Windows Server 2008 R2 will be its final operating system release to support Intel's IA-64 architecture, as found in the Itanium CPU range.

April 6, 2010 | 12:04

MS issues emergency IE patch

Microsoft has broken out of its monthly patch release schedule to issue an emergency fix for a critical zero-day vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser.

March 30, 2010 | 13:13

BitDefender update wipes Windows

BitDefender has become the latest anti-virus vendor to issue an update which wipes important Windows system files, leaving customers' PCs unbootable.

March 22, 2010 | 10:05

Windows 7 SP1 due this year

Un-named industry sources claim that Microsoft is accelerating its schedule for the release of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 - with a release before the end of the year likely.

March 10, 2010 | 14:10

Energizer charger spreads Trojan

The Windows software which was bundled with a model of USB-powered battery charger from Energizer has been found to install a Trojan horse program on host systems.

March 9, 2010 | 10:02

Microsoft moots digital healthcare tax

Microsoft's Scott Charney has suggested that the problem of malware-infected PCs could be solved through general taxation - offering a free 'digital healthcare' service.

March 3, 2010 | 13:16

Just Cause 2 won't run on XP

Eidos has revealed the system requirements for Just Cause 2, which won't support Windows XP.

February 24, 2010 | 11:01

Patch Tuesday brings 13 fixes

Tuesday is set to bring a whopping 13 patches for Microsoft Windows and Office products, eleven of which are marked Critical - and which fix twenty-six bugs in total.

February 5, 2010 | 16:28

Windows Home Server 'Vail' preview leaked

A preview version of the next edition of WHS - codenamed 'Vail' - has been leaked to file sharing sites, giving users a glimpse of the future.

January 29, 2010 | 09:53

WGA lawsuit fails Class Action bid

A lawsuit brought against Microsoft for its Windows Genuine Advantage technology - described in the claims as "spyware" - has failed in its bid to be granted Class Action status.

January 22, 2010 | 10:12

Investigating SATA 6Gbps Performance

We add Seagate's latest Barracuda XT hard disk with new Gigabyte and Asus P55 motherboards featuring SATA 6Gbps to see what performance potential, if any, the latest SATA standard offers.

November 16, 2009 | 10:00

Windows loses market share to Mac OS

Despite the launch of Windows 7, figures from market watcher Net Applications show Microsoft's Windows OS losing ground to rival Apple's Mac OS X.

November 2, 2009 | 13:49

Microsoft Windows 7 Review

Windows 7 is finally here and after months of testing across many different machines, we're able to give our verdict. Read on to find out if Windows 7 is Microsoft's best operating system to date.

October 22, 2009 | 13:21

Windows 7 more popular than Harry Potter

Win7 is finally, officially here - and its pre-order run has been one of the most successful in Amazon's history, outselling the last Harry Potter.

October 22, 2009 | 12:08

MS confirms Windows XP Mode RTM

Microsoft has announced that the Windows XP Mode virtualisation system for Windows 7 has hit Release To Manufacturing status, and will be launched on the same day as Windows 7.

October 5, 2009 | 10:12